planetary nebula
Noun
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A nebula that was once thought to be a star with its planets but is now thought to be a very hot star surrounded by an expanding envelope of ionized gases that emit a fluorescent glow because of intense radiation from the star (synset 109417690)
is a type of: nebula - an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space
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